“A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes.”
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This section amends Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) by adding a new part authorizing the Assistant Attorney General to make grants to states, for a period of three fiscal years, to implement or maintain firearms and firearms dealer licensing requirements. Grantee states must incorporate specified elements, including: (1) requiring individuals to hold a firearms license at the time of purchasing, renting, leasing, or possessing a firearm or ammunition; (2) requiring a firearms dealer license for any individual or business selling, renting, or leasing at least 10 firearms or selling ammunition in a calendar year; (3) designating a local law enforcement official as the licensing authority to conduct thorough background checks (potentially including interviews, references, and fingerprint checks), determine applicant suitability, and require safety training for first-time firearms license applicants; (4) establishing standards and processes to revoke, suspend, or deny licenses (prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity) with judicial review; and (5) processes for family members to petition for extreme risk protection orders (i.e., court orders prohibiting firearm possession by individuals deemed a danger, separate from domestic violence protection orders as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2266) and for license revocation or denial. States must also define "prohibited individuals" ineligible for licenses, considering factors such as criminal history, protection orders, misdemeanor domestic violence convictions (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921), mental health commitments, age, residency, dishonorable military discharges, arrest warrants, fugitive status, and citizenship renunciation.